Maine Attorney General Janet Mills and Kennebec County District Attorney Maeghan Maloney say there's no basis for a criminal investigation into actions by the governor that caused a charter school operator to withdraw a job offer to a political foe.

The request for an investigation was made by three lawmakers who've called for impeachment proceedings against Gov. Paul LePage over the episode.

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House Speaker Mark Eves, a Democrat, has accused the Republican governor of blackmail for intervening to get him fired from Good Will-Hickley.

In their letter, Maloney and Mills said "there's not a basis at this time" to open a criminal investigation.